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     documentation.</p>
 </section>
 
-<aside class="key" aria-label="reading key">
-  <p class="kt">Reading key &middot; this page stands alone - anything it leans on is listed here</p>
-  <ul>
-    <li><b>C-I</b><span>Docker: an image is a stack of frozen diffs. Referenced by Course VII.</span><a href="#c1">on this page</a></li>
-    <li><b>C-II</b><span>Kubernetes: a cluster is a promise - the reconciliation loop. Referenced by Courses VI and VIII.</span><a href="#c2">on this page</a></li>
-    <li><b>BLOG</b><span>Consistency by construction beats consistency by discipline - Course VIII's contexts move, lived on a real fleet.</span><a href="https://www.bztmon.com/blog/one-value-many-enforcers/">read it on bztmon.com</a></li>
-  </ul>
-</aside>
 
 <!-- ============ COURSE I ============ -->
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@@ -301,7 +293,7 @@
       one values file: names, addresses, sizes, flags. The context is deliberately values-only; the
       moment it carries its own manifests there are two owners for one object, and they will
       disagree. One value can feed many rendered artefacts - an address appearing in the app config,
-      the network attachment and two policies renders from one field, so the copies cannot diverge - the lived version is <a href="https://www.bztmon.com/blog/one-value-many-enforcers/">BLOG in the key above</a>.</p>
+      the network attachment and two policies renders from one field, so the copies cannot diverge - the lived version is <a href="https://www.bztmon.com/blog/one-value-many-enforcers/">on the blog</a>.</p>
     <p class="sayit">The chart owns the shape. The context owns the numbers.</p>
     <h3>Make the template refuse</h3>
     <p>A template that renders whatever it is given just moves the failure downstream. The grown-up
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